Jack Foley has published 13 books of poetry, 5 books of criticism, and a “chronoencyclopedia” of California poetry: Visions and Affiliations. His radio show is heard every Wednesday at 3 on Berkeley station, KPFA. In 2010 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Berkeley Poetry Festival, and June 5, 2010 was Jack Foley Day in Berkeley. Steven Hirsch writes, “This is a performance art that pries open new expressive possibilities…Very little poetry these days is as compelling or comprehensively challenging to the imagination.”

Adelle Foley’s poems have appeared in various magazines, in textbooks, and in Columbia University Press’s internet database. Along the Bloodline is her first collection. Michael McClure writes, “Adelle Foley’s haikus show us humanity. Their vitality and imagination shine from her compassion; from seeing things as they truly are.

The First to Escape is Clara Hsu’s latest book of poetry. Christopher Bernard writes, “The poet creates herself and her world, a pebble, a letter, a syllable at a time, with quiet bravery and gentle hope…The renewal is genuine.”